Esox lucius
Joined: 26 Aug 2008
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Location: Helsinki, Finland
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 Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:45 am Post subject: How to trigger portable flash unit with Synchro Compur? |
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Esox lucius wrote:
I have: several Zeiss Super Ikontas and a Rolleicord with the Synchro Compur shutter and would like to find a way to trigger flashes like Nikon SB-800 when shooting with these noble machines.
- build/buy a sound trigger unit?
- any mechanical trigger I can make, with electronic switch to send signal?
- trigger SB-800 direct with a suitable cable from Rolleicord?
I'm completely spoiled by wireless remote-controlled flash units, having learnt flash use with them in the past 10 years and thus asking a question which is trivia for experienced photographers. I love the fingerprint and would really like to see what these noble machines can do now that I have a studio.
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Vilhelm
Nikon DSLR: D4, D800, Nikon D3, D70
Nikon SLR: Nikon F100, Nikon FM2n
Nikkor MF: 20/2.8 Ai-S, 24/2 Ai-S, 24/2.8 Ai-S, 28/2 Ai-S, 28/2.8 Ai-S, 35/1.4 AIS, 35/2 Ai-S, 45/2.8 GN, 50/1.2 Ai, 50/1.2 Ai-S, 50/1.4 Ai, 50/1.4 Ai-S, 50/1.8 AI-S "long", 50/1.8 AI-S "short", 55/1.2 Ai, 85/1.4 Ai-S, 85/1.8H, 105/2.5 Ai, 135/2.8Q, 135/3.5 Ai, 180/2.8 Ai-S ED
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Nikkor AF/AF-S DX: 10.5/2.8G Fisheye, 12-24/4G, 18-70/3.5-4.5G
Topcor: Auto-Topcor 58/1.4,
Voigtländer SL: 40/2 Ultron, 58/1.4 Nokton, 75/2.5 Color-Heliar, 90/3.5 APO-Lanthar, 125/2.5 APO-Lanthar, 180/4 APO-Lanthar
Zeiss ZF: Planar T* 85/1.4 ZF
M42 SLR: Voigtländer Bessaflex TM
M42: Flektogon 20/4, Flektogon 35/2.4, Tessar 50/2.8 T, Super-Takumar 55/1.8, Biotar 58/2 T, Pentacon 135/2.8, Sonnar 135/3.5
Medium format: several Zeiss Super Ikonta 532/16 Opton-Tessar 80mm f/2.8, Zeiss Ikonta 524/16 Opton-Tessar 75mm f/3.5
Leica: R7, M4, Super-Angulon-R 4/21, Elmarit-R 2.8/28, Summicron-R 2/35, Summicron-M 2/35, Summicron-M 2/50, Elmarit-R 2,8/180 |
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Jieffe
Joined: 04 Nov 2007
Posts: 754
Location: Belgium
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| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Jieffe wrote:
If you want to keep the freedom of wireless, the most convenent is to use a cheap chinese trigger (aka "poverty wizard").
No need to buy the Nikon-dedicated, the simple PT-04 or CTR-301 are good enough. I use them for about 2 years in my home studio without problem (just change the batteries when they arrive, the cheap chinese ones are a tendency to cause some mis-firing). |
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